Obaachan Quotes & Sayings

The end of life has its own nature, also worth our attention. I don't say this without reckoning in the sorrow, the worry, the many diminishments. But surely it is then that a person's character shines or glooms. — Mary Oliver

Schooling, instead of encouraging the asking of questions, too often discourages it. — Madeleine L'Engle

Many of Bonnard's later paintings are shot through with a powerful sense of morbidity. The self-portraits he painted after catching sight of himself in the various mirrors in the house - the mirror in the bathroom or the mirror in his bedroom, still lit from above by a single accusatory light bulb - are almost appallingly raw. — Andrew Graham-Dixon

If you find yourself running away from something and then suddenly you're isolated in a vacuum, then you have to deal with all the inherent truths and learning things about yourself and the people that are around you. — John Gallagher Jr.

You are thinking of the past." I put my arms around her. She'd risen from childbed too soon. "We are the past," she said. — Sandra Gulland

The EU should be concentrated on adapting to globalisation and global competitiveness, not building more powerful centralised institutions in Brussels. — William Hague

Be a good guide, tell me what you see, are sure is that?
Please try to describe the picture as much vocabulary as possible! — Deyth Banger

It's hotter than a two-peckered alley cat up in here. Humidity must be close to a hundred. — Amanda Stevens

The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are in ruins. — Russell Baker

The musical equivalent of St Pancras Station.
(on Elgar) — Thomas Beecham